Example sentences of "almost [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlotte returned almost gladly to the recollection of her morning interview , and in retrospect it seemed to her far more strange and mysterious than while it was happening . |
| 2 | He drove her almost on to the drive of the last brown doll 's house . |
| 3 | This issue of Supporters News has been given over almost entirely to the campaign on the proposed ban on all tobacco advertising and promotion , put forward in a draft European Community Directive in May . |
| 4 | The formulation and coordination of the Conservative contribution to economic , industrial and social policy he left almost entirely to the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 5 | Secondary tonics are limited almost entirely to the relative and subdominant . |
| 6 | She looked so forlorn , so utterly defeated , her head drooping like a snowdrop , her wonderfully lithe body clinging almost orgiastically to the tree trunk . |
| 7 | Immediately after the removal of the propeller , the nose of the aircraft started to rise and continued to do so , to everyone 's amazement , until the tail was almost down to the ground . |
| 8 | The list of people who have profited from crime and murder through book or film rights is growing almost daily to the consternation of victim support groups and grieving relatives . |
| 9 | After as few as six trials , a rat placed in the water would swim almost directly to the platform . |
| 10 | After the death of her father in 1891 she withdrew entirely into private life , devoting herself almost obsessively to the care of her mother , even though the latter soon came out of retirement to become a royal lady-in-waiting . |
| 11 | Lay the bricks starting from one side almost up to the centre , checking each one for position against a string line attached to the centre of the arch former , and against the marks on the circumference . |
| 12 | ‘ If [ the searcher ] is a lawyer , private publishers supply annually updated texts which are almost up to the minute when purchased and databases which are at least adequate . |
| 13 | She foraged deeper inside the box with her arm plunged in almost up to the shoulder . |
| 14 | Now we are almost up to the present . |
| 15 | Almost up to the eve of the opening services the building was known as the ‘ Edenderry Memorial School Chapel ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ And you will have observed that the water level is almost up to the deck . ’ |
| 17 | The trees and undergrowth came almost up to the house . |
| 18 | The bomb had a lengthy fuse attached to it , and when it was discovered by one of the schoolboys , the fuse was burnt almost up to the bomb . |
| 19 | But with the spirit of the Reformation applying itself almost simultaneously to every branch of human learning , we see Pride reappear , and watch its veritable renaissance . ’ |
| 20 | G. Although the positions and sizes of most settlements in this region were due almost solely to the way in which people organised themselves , or in other words due to human factors , a few depended on the landforms , or physical factors . |
| 21 | And the good news is that you could be almost back to a non-smoker 's risk level within a few years . |
| 22 | and the other , the rest of it is on the end of that , but I 've wound it almost back to the beginning , that 's Fantasia at the beginning of the tape |
| 23 | This might be sensible if you were advised that your claim would be better presented in the formal atmosphere of the civil courts , or that your wrongful dismissal claim is so much more substantial that it will lead almost inevitably to a settlement of the lesser , unfair dismissal claim . |
| 24 | I 'll go to see Fanny 's grave , ’ she said , and after breakfast she walked almost cheerfully to the churchyard . |
| 25 | As she watched , they skied straight up to him , and he turned , a faintly quizzical expression on his face which turned almost immediately to a smile . |
| 26 | I drifted off again only to open my eyes almost immediately to the sight of a head level with mine and arms reaching up . |
| 27 | Conservative dissatisfaction with the episode of 1963 led almost immediately to the adoption of a procedure for election of the party leader by a ballot of members taking the Conservative whip . |
| 28 | Quite frankly , the accompaniment to Paganini Concertos is never likely to take a particularly high priority in any basic recommendation ; but for the first time ever , I found myself listening almost exclusively to the accompaniment — I honestly wish I had n't ! |
| 29 | Meaningful interaction is confined almost exclusively to the locality which creates a very contained and powerful vessel for the transmission of a local culture . |
| 30 | Indeed , in the Old Testament , language about the Spirit is restricted almost exclusively to the area of relationship between God and man . |